Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil: Integration of Conventional Psychiatric Treatment and Spiritual Complementary Therapy

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-135

  Lucchetti, Giancarlo ^a,b   Aguiar, Paulo Rogério D C ^c   Braghetta, Camilla Casaletti ^a,b   Vallada, Candido P ^a   Moreira Almeida, Alexander ^d   Vallada, Homero ^a,e  

^a Joao Evangelista Hospital   (Brazil)

^b Medical Spiritist Association of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Psychiatry; Spiritism; Spiritual treatments; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRAZIL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84857686915     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-011-9239-6     Document Type: Article

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